theater
BEATLES 4-EVER. True Brew Theater,
200 Julia St., 524-8440. Mikko presents a celebration of the Beatles playing
City Park in 1964. Star Greg DiLeo shares memories and performs songs of the
Fab Four. Fans invited to bring memorabilia. Tickets $10, $8 students and seniors.
Performance 8 p.m. Monday. Open run.
BLACK AND WHITE BLUES. Le Chat Noir,
715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Musical cabaret exploring New Orleans' obsession
with food, presented from service workers' point of view. Bob Edes and Heidi
Junius star. Tickets $27, includes $6 bar minimum. Reduced prices for the service
industry. Performances 7:30 p.m. Mondays. Open run.
DEATH OF A SALESMAN. Nunez Community
College Auditorium, 3710 Paris Road, Chalmette, 277-7469. Shine Productions
presents the Arthur Miller American tragedy. Pat Babin directs Tom Dugger, Brenda
Currin, Brandon Foret and Mark Foret. Tickets $12 in advance, $15 at door. Performances
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
DRACULA: THE WHOLE STORY. True
Brew Theatre, 200 Julia St., 524-8440. Piazza Productions presents this
spoof on Bram Stoker's classic story about the blood-sucking vampire. Stars
Edward Simon, René Piazza and others. Tickets $17 adults, $15 kids 12-under.
Performances 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, through Oct. 26.
HOLLYWOOD HEAVEN. Le Chat Noir,
715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. The Producers Circle presents the cabaret
that gives mortals a peek into the lives of Hollywood stars residing in the
area of heaven dedicated to the rich and famous. Writer-director Ricky Graham
stars with Roy Haylock. Tickets $21 plus $6 bar minimum. Performances 3 p.m.
and 6 p.m. Sunday.
I LOVE MY KIDS, BUT ... . Le Chat
Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., 581-5812. Show about the transition from single
guy to dad. Chris Rose, Fred Plunkett and Peter Orr write and star. Tickets
$19, plus $6 bar minimum. Performances 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, through Oct.
18.
LIL' BEAUX PEEP SHOW. The Howlin'
Wolf, 828 S. Peters St., 529-5844. Burlesque show featuring Sadie Corsette,
Madame Femme Petite and others. Tickets $10. Performance 9 p.m. Sunday. Open
run.
LITTLE HAM. Anthony Bean Community
Theatre, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., 862-PLAY. Langston Hughes-inspired musical
set in the Harlem Renaissance. Anthony Bean directs Tory Andrus, Donna M. King,
Floyd Bean and Idella Johnson. Tickets $16-$18. Performance 8 p.m. Friday-Sunday.
PROOF. Skyfire Theatre, 332
N. New Hampshire St., Covington, (985) 875-7577. David Auburn's Pulitzer
and Tony award-winning play about a young woman's mathematical genius -- and
mental instability. Kay M. Files directs Alison Cummings, Bradley Barrios, Jenny
Killeen and Clarence A. Wethern. Tickets $18 adults, $12 seniors and students.
Performances 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, through Oct. 25.
SNOOPY. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux
Carré, 616 St. Peter St., Teddy's Corner Theatre, 522-2081. Musical
based on the Charles Schulz's character and featuring other members of the Peanuts
gang. Brandt Blocker directs Alex Pomes, Sara Brignac and Hardy Weaver. Tickets
$12 adults, $10 students. Performances 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, through Oct.
26.
VAUDEVILLE NIGHTS. 735 Club, 735
Bourbon St., 524-4702. Second Circle-Keyhole Productions present magic,
burlesque, dancers, singers and more. Skye Jordan directs Herman Magic, Jimmy
Fagan, the Creole Tomatoes burlesque troop, and others. Charlie Chaplin films
follow performance. Tickets $11. Performance 8 p.m. Saturdays. Open run.
art
Venues preceded by an asterisk are celebrating
opening receptions this week. Call each space for information.
3 RING CIRCUS' THE BIG TOP GALLERY 1638
Clio St., 569-2700 -- Framed, new works by photographer Shannon Brinkman
and painter Suzanne E. Saunders, through Saturday.
THE ACADEMY GALLERY New Orleans
Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 -- Memory Chambers,
photographs by Richard Sexton, through Oct 25.
ACME GALLERY 5700 Magazine St.,
891-0357 -- All Creatures Mean Everything, works by Katherine Klimitas,
through Nov. 4.
AMISTAD RESEARCH CENTER ART GALLERY Tulane
University, Tilton Hall, 6823 St. Charles Ave., 865-5535 -- Celebrating
Celebrities, photographs by Carl Van Vechten, through Oct. 20.
ANTON HAARDT FOLK GALLERY 2858 Magazine
St., 891-9080 -- Cirque, works by Anton Haardt & Clark Walker,
through Nov. 14.
ARIODANTE 535 Julia St., 524-3233
-- Into the Wood, turned vessels by Dixie Biggs, through Oct. 31.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY 432 Julia St.,
522-1999 -- Works by Radcliffe Bailey, Ted Kincaid and Jonathan Seliger,
through Oct. 25.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY PROJECT SPACE
730 Tchoupitoulas St., 522-1999 -- Paintings and sculpture by Ida Kohlmeyer,
through Oct. 25.
AXELLE FINE ARTS GALERIE ROYALE 709
Royal St., 299-1666 -- New paintings by Albert Hadjiganav, Jacques Godin
and Patrick Pietropoli and limited editions by Andre Bourre, through October.
BARLOW ART GALLERY 805 Royal St.,
523-2964 -- Works by gallery artists including Emily Kernion, Ronald Jones,
Koets and "Connie," through Nov. 12.
BARRISTER'S GALLERY 1724 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 525-2767 -- Low-Tar Fantasties, new woodcut prints by
Sean Star Wars; The Vices, works by Julie Crozat and John Lawson, through
Nov. 25; Listen Up, sound installation by Ileana Lyons, through Nov.
22.
BASSETTI FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHS 233
Chartres St., 529-9811 -- New photographs by Victoria Ryan; works by Frances
Billes, Jackie Brenner, and Sandy Iteld, through Dec. 1.
BERTA'S AND MINA'S ANTIQUITIES GALLERY
-- 4138 Magazine St., 895-6201 -- New paintings by Nilo Lanzas, artworks
by Mila Lanzas, through December.
BOCKMAN DESIGN 4513 Magazine St.,
891-8785 -- Aotearoa, artworks from New Zealand, through Nov. 8.
BRUNNER GALLERY 215 N. Columbia
St., Covington, (985) 893-0444 -- Ensess, new mixed-media works by
Bernard Mattox, Oct. 11 through Nov. 1.
CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY 840 Napoleon
Ave., 895-6130 -- Partly Truth, Partly Fiction, new works in clay
by Jean Cappadonna-Nichols, through Oct. 29.
CARROLL GALLERY Newcomb College/Tulane
University, Woldenberg Art Center, 865-5361 -- From the Water's Edge,
art by Robin Cole, Anthony Henderson, Sandra Russell Clark and Evert Witte,
through October.
COLE PRATT GALLERY 3800 Magazine
St., 891-6789 -- Iron Lace and Screen Doors by Paul Darver; Female
Fetishes by Claudia DeMonte, through Oct. 28.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 900 Camp
St., 528-3805 -- Killing Ground: Photographs of the Civil War and the
Changing American Landscape by John Huddleston and What a Wonderful World
-- Louis Armstrong by Bill Fagaly, through Dec. 15. 15th Annual New Orleans
Film Festival: The Independent Filmmaker's Showcase, various times, Oct.
10 through Oct. 16; call for details.
DELGADO FINE ARTS GALLERY 615 City
Park Ave., 483-4048 -- New sculpture by Peter Favier, through Oct. 30.
DLKART FINE ART GALLERY 2027 Magazine
St., 299-1756 -- The Women's Series by Dianna L. Kaufman; Bio-Morphic
Abstractions by Deile Smith, through December.
D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936
-- Hoods in the Hood, sculpture by Denise Bizot, through October.
EVANS GALLERY 3815 Magazine St.,
897-2688 -- Sculpture by Adele Sypesteyn, through October.
FORT ISABEL GALLERY 401 N. Columbia
St., Covington, (985) 892-1841 -- Layered Connections, group show
by mixed-media artists Karen Abboud and Lynda Thurlow and clay artist Pat Watkins,
through Oct. 11.
GALERIE ECLAT 3116 Magazine St.,
896-2307 -- Views From the Carré, group show by gallery artists, through
Nov. 1.
GALERIE ROYALE 3646 Magazine St.,
894-1588 -- Works by New Orleans artist Edith Sarett, through Oct. 25.
GALLERY 311 311 Royal St., 299-9299
-- Saints and Gods, Biff Elrod's paintings of plays from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers'
2003 Super Bowl win, through Nov. 30.
A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY 241
Chartres St., 568-1313 -- Ophelia's Garden, new panoramic series
by Josephine Sacabo, through December.
GALLERY NATALY AND ME 6071 Magazine
St., 891-6173 -- Paintings and other works by Natasha Mylius.
HANDS IN CLAY 4122 Magazine St., 269-1300 --
Works by Martin Lill, Alison Thomas, Karen Marchand and Andrea Freel.
HANSON GALLERY 229 Royal St., 524-8211
-- Dreams Unfolding, works by Anne Bachelier, through Oct. 15.
HERIARD-CIMINO GALLERY 440 Julia
St., 525-7300 -- The Wall Slant Series, neon sculpture by Keith Sonnier,
through Oct. 26.
IAN GALLERY 2917 Magazine St., Ste.
102, 894-8385 -- Mixed-media works by Kat Fullilove, through Oct. 11.
JOHN STINSON FINE ARTS 900 S. Peters
St., 566-1944 -- Picturing Bill, pictures of William Eggleston by
American and European photographers; Snapshot, photos by William Greiner,
through October.
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY 841 Carondelet
St., 522-5471 -- The Delachaise Suite, new paintings by Jonathan Ferrara,
through Oct. 27.
LATITUDES/ MARIO VILLA GALLERY 3701
Magazine St., 895-9880 -- Enlightenment in Bronze and Glass, new works by
Mario Villa, through Oct. 14.
LEMIEUX GALLERIES 332 Julia St.,
522-5988 -- Paintings by Kate Samworth, through Oct. 25.
LIONEL MILTON GALLERY 1818 Magazine
St., 522-6966 -- Throw Back, new paintings by Lionel Milton.
LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENS 7 Bamboo
Road, 488-5488 -- It's a Small World: Dollhouse China and Glass in the
Longue Vue Collection, through June 2004.
MARGUERITE OESTREICHER FINE ARTS
720 Julia St., 581-9253 -- New Religions, paintings and drawings
by John Nelson, through Oct. 25. (Reviewed in this issue.)
MARY VIOLA WALKER GALLERY 3652 Magazine
St., 891-4122 -- Boudoir Art, fantasy footwear in acrylics and collage.
MORGAN-WEST STUDIO/GALLERY 3326
Magazine St., 895-7976 -- 'gnostic: devotions,' group show by 17
artists, through December.
MYSTIC BLUE SIGN GALLERY 2212 Magazine
St., 525-4691 -- Paintings and posters by Steve Soltis and Sean Gray.
NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY 1410 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd., 524-8800 -- One With the Sun, folk art by Thomas
Gallagher, through Oct. 10.
NEW ORLEANS GLASSWORKS AND PRINTMAKING
STUDIO 727 Magazine St., 529-7277 -- Odyssey of Glass,
Printmaking and Metal, works by Teri Walker, Miriam Martin, Greg Geniusz
and Laurel True, with artists' demonstrations through October.
NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS/RIVERFRONT
2800 Chartres St., 940-2787 -- 2003 Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition,
through Oct. 17.
OM 1241 Royal St., 529-4443 Eye Candy,
abstracts on paper and canvas by Joann Cox, through October.
POETS GALLERY 3113 Magazine St.,
899-4100 -- Ceramic sculptures and paintings by Lateefah Wright, through
Nov. 6.
RADICI 527 Julia St., 596-2144
-- Photography by Jenny Bagert, Zach Smith, Aaron Farrington and Blake Haney.
SABLE V GLASS ART AND CONTEMPORARY CRAFT
GALLERY 3420 Magazine St., 894-4444 -- Glass lamps, chandeliers,
stained glass and prisms by artists including Ed Pennebaker, Buzz Blodgett and
Scott Amrheim, through Oct. 26.
ST. TAMMANY ART ASSOCIATION 317
N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-8650 -- Elliot Snellings Memorial
Photography Exhibit, through Oct. 10.
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St., 897-9119 --
Off the Wall, functional art show by various artists, through Oct. 30;
"Famous Last Words," humorous historical monologues by Timothy Edward Gray,
8 p.m. Thursday, $5 admission.
STELLA JONES GALLERY Bank One Center,
201 St. Charles Ave., 568-9050 -- Landscape paintings by Richard
Mayhew, sculpture by Barbara Chase-Riboud, through Nov. 15.
STEVE MARTIN STUDIO/GALLERY 624
Julia St., 566-1390 -- Works by Steve Martin, through October.
A STUDIO IN THE WOODS 14301 River
Road, 392-5359 -- Dedication of the Rossi Gates, in which metal artist Karen
Rossi puts the finishing touches on the permanent installation. 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday.
SYLVIA SCHMIDT GALLERY 400A Julia
St., 522-2000 -- Hold and Flow, paintings and prints by Tanja Softic,
through Oct. 28.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS FINE ART GALLERY
2000 Lakeshore Drive, 280-6493 -- American Chicken, digital prints
on vinyl by Wendy Chisholm, through Oct. 17.
WAITING ROOM GALLERY 904 Pauline
St., 949-1805 -- Cineplasty, new video works by Courtney Egan, through Oct.
18. (Reviewed in this issue.)
WINDSOR FINE ART 221 Royal St.,
586-0203 -- Pino: Contemporary Realism II, works by Pino Daeni, through
Nov. 5. Opening reception 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Saturday.
spare spaces
CAFE DEGAS 3127 Esplanade Ave.,
945-5635 -- Works by Roberta Kramer, including silkscreen prints, through
Nov. 9.
CRESCENT CITY BREWHOUSE 527 Decatur St., 522-0571
-- The Landscape Art of May Lesser, paintings and graphics by the late artist,
through October. Opening reception 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.
LAKESIDE SHOPPING CENTER 3301 Veterans
Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-8000; 733-0945 -- The Metairie Art Guild's
multi-media arts show featuring more than 20 artists, during regular shopping
hours from Sunday through Oct. 20.
LESBIAN & GAY COMMUNITY CENTER 2114
Decatur St., 945-1103 -- Parables, paintings by Keith Theriot, through
Oct. 17.
NEUTRAL GROUND COFFEE HOUSE 5110
Daneel St., 891-3381 -- Paintings by Jane Brewster and Ashley Nicole, photographs
by Katya Becnel, through Oct. 25.
SUGAR MAGNOLIA 1910 Magazine St.,
529-1110 -- New Orleans in Illusion, paintings by Mario Padilla.
TURNCOATS 1926 magazine St., 299-9004 -- Chaos:
Remnants of a Skateboarding Culture, works by Clayton Colvin, Jen DeNike,
Chris Jahncke, Anis Majgani and Joey Slaughter, through Nov. 30.
call for models
SPACE GALLERY 4528 Magazine St.,
897-9119 -- Seeking artists' models to pose for open-participation figure-drawing
sessions on Tuesdays from 7 p.m.- 9 p.m. Call for details.
museums
CABILDO Jackson Square, 568-6990
-- Exhibit celebrating the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase, through 2003.
Opening for new installation, One Nation Under God: The Church, The State,
and the Louisiana Purchase, from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Thursday.
HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION
533 Royal St., 523-4662; Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres St., 598-7171
-- The Aftermath of the Louisiana Purchase, stories and portraits of Louisiana
residents of the era, through 2003; Napoleon's Eyewitness: Pierre Clément
Laussat in Louisiana, 1802-1804, through March 2004.
LAFAYETTE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM
433 Jefferson St., Lafayette, (337) 291-5544 -- Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession,
72 works by the renowned artist, through Jan. 4, 2004.
LOUISIANA ART AND SCIENCE MUSEUM 100
S. River Rd., Baton Rouge, (225) 382-3575; (800) LA ROUGE -- Joséphine,
Le Grand Amour de Napoléon, illuminating the life of Josephine Bonaparte
with more than 150 artworks and personal possessions, through Feb. 1, 2004.
LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY St.
Augustine Church Hall, 1210 Governor Nicholls St., 586-1919 -- The Historic
1811 LA Slave Revolt, The Slave Castles of West Africa, The African Roots of
the Underground Railroad.
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART 1 Collins
Diboll Circle, City Park, 488-2631 -- Journeys Real and Imagined
in Edo-Period Painting, through 2003; Louisiana Purchases: Photographs of Louisiana
From the New Orleans Museum of Art, through Oct. 19.
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY 219 Loyola
Ave., 596-2567-- A Great and Growing City: New Orleans in the Era of
the Louisiana Purchase, through 2003.
OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART 925
Camp St., 539-9600 -- The Story of the South: Art and Culture 1890-2003,
through May 2004.
OLD U.S. MINT 400 Esplanade Ave.,
568-6990 -- The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation: From the Louisiana
Purchase to Today, featuring unpublished images by photographer Sam Abell,
through May 2004.
books
Tuesday 7
BARBARA HAMBLY.
Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St. 899-READ. Hambly reads from George Alec
Effinger's Budayeen Nights. Free admission. 7 p.m.
Wednesday 8
BETSY CARTER. Loyola
University, Audubon Room, Danna Center, 865-3622. Carter reads from her
autobiography, Nothing to Fall Back On: The Life and Times of a Perpetual
Optimist. Reception follows. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Thursday 9
PHIL SANDUSKY. Garden District
Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St. 895-2266. Local painter discusses and signs
New Orleans en Plein Air. Free admission. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Friday 10
DARRIOUS HILMON. Afro-American
Book Stop, New Orleans Centre, 1400 Poydras St., 588-1474. Hilmon signs
his book, 5 Dimes. Free admission. 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
JAMES WILCOX. Beaucoup Books, 5414
Magazine St., 895-2663. Louisiana author reads from and signs his latest
novel, Heavenly Days. Free admission. 6:30 p.m. (See A&E Feature in this
issue.)
Saturday 11
GLORIA PUSHKER. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-READ.
Children's author signs and reads her book, Toby Belfer Visits Ellis
Island. Free admission. 1 p.m.
MICHAEL VARNADO. Borders Books &
Music, 3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. Author/detective
signs and discusses his book Victims of Dead Man Walking. Free admission.
1 p.m.
DARRIOUS HILMON. Afro-American
Book Stop, 5700 Read Blvd., 243-2436. Hilmon signs his book, 5
Dimes. Free Admission. 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
MO WILLEMS. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia
St., 899-READ. Children's author reads from and signs Time to Pee
and Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. Free admission. 2 p.m.
Sunday 12
ANDREW FOX. Borders Books & Music, 3131 Veterans
Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-1363. Fox signs Fat White Vampire Blues.
Free admission. 1 p.m.
Monday 13
GARRY WILLS. Our Lady Of Good Counsel Church, 1235
Louisiana Ave., 891-1906. Author discusses and signs Why I Am Catholic.
Free admission. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
